Improvement in hog-ringing pinchers



UNITED STATES PATENT Q FIGH JOHN o. SCHOETTLE, OF ooLLINsvILLE,ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOG-RINGING PlNCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,867, dated November25, 1873; application filed June -9,' 1873.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that p 1, JOHN OHRIs'rIAIv SGHOETTLE, of Gollinsville,Madison county, and State of Illinois, have invented an ImprovedHog-Pinchers, of which the following is aspecification:

' This invention is an improvement on ordinary pinchers or devices forthe formation and insertion of rings in the snouts of hogs, &c.

To accomplish the design of this invention it can be stated to consistin nature, first, to the devices provided for measuring and cutting thewire to make large or small rings; secondly, bending the ends of the cutwire into shape required previous to insertion into the jaws; thirdly,to the peculiar formation of jaws or pinchers for closingthe made ring,as well as for straightening and otherwise reopening the ring forreapplication and uses; fourthly, to the pinchers made possessing thecombined constructive features aforesaid; and,

lastly, to certain detail construction of parts,

all of which will now more fully appear.

Of the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my pinchers, part ofthe handles broken away. Fig. 2 is a bottom view or section at line w wof Fig. 1, showing also meas uring device and wire when applied. Fig. 3is a detail side view of jaws proper, showing manner of reopening andstraightening a closed ring; Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the different formationsmade of the cut wire by thepinchers to make the ring for use, Fig. 7being a perspective view simply of adjusting or measuring device.

A represents my improved pinchers. The pinchers A I provide with cuttersa a. These are positioned diagonally, so as to out the wire to a point.I provide the pinchersA with a measuring device or gage to measure thelength of wire to be cut, in order to suit the jaws. Hence B, Figs. 2and 7, represent the measuring device.

As clearly shown in Fig. 7, the measure B has a slot, b, to engage thelower cutter, and also brackets b, to engage both sides of the pinchers.Further, its opposite end is bent up at 12 to limit the length of wire.Therefore, to cut the wire the required length, the same is placedbetween the cutters a a, so that its end abuts against the flange b ofgage B.

(See Fig. 2.) The wire thus out, its ends are next bent into requiredshape to fit the jaws. Hence I form one of each of the opposite sides ofjaws of pinchers to have a bevel, 0, Figs. 1 and 3. Further, I providethe jaws with upper and lower cross-grooves,c, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Theone end of the wire is placed be tween the grooves c, and by hand theother end is bent round the bevel side 0 of jaw, which operation givesthe shape of wire.- (Shown in Fig. 4.) Similarly, the other or straightend of wire is thus inserted or bent,

producing the curved shape of ring, as shown in Fig. 5. In thiscondition the bent wire, Fig. 5, is placed between the jaws of pincherswhen opened. To receive and hold the wire, the jaws at their extreme endare curved outwardly and provided with upper and lower grooves, 0 0 asclearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The ends of the wire being yetapart, the wire, by means of pinchers, is snapped into the hogs snout,and, by closing'action of pinchers, the ring is closed in form shown inThe constructive shape of the jaws of the pinchers A has the furtherfeature of closing entirely together the length measured by the distancefrom its fulcrum to where the jaws take their outward curve, (moreclearly indicated in Fig. 3,) the object of this straightened closingbearing at D being to reopen the closed ring, Fig. 6, for repetition ofuses. Hence the ring, Fig. 6, is slipped over any one of the jaws, andplaced between the bearings at D, Fig. 3. As the ring at (1, Fig. 6, isangled, the bearing D of jaws, closing, causes the ends of said wire orring to open or part outwardly. Otherwise, the said wire can be placedin various positions (see dotted line, Fig. 3) along the bearings D toeffect the full opening of the ring, or reassume its former shape, as inFig. 5.

My improvements thus combinedly make the rings and adapt same for thepurpose, and close same into the snout of the-animal; also, readapt theold rings, prevent the necessity of purchasing, as ordinarily done, therings, and otherwise possess advantages readily apparent.

I claim 1. The measuring device B, having slot 1) and flanges b b as andfor the purpose set a a, measuring device B, grooves 0 c bearing forth.D, and beveis 0, all constructed to operate as 2. The combination ofcutters a a, measurand for the purpose set forth.

ing device B, and pinchers A, as and for the In testimony of saidinvention I have herepurpose set forth. unto set my hand.

3. The upper and lower grooves, c, and bevv JOHN OHR. SOHOETTLE. els G,for the purpose of bending the ends of Witnesses: the cut Wire, as setforth. J. G. KALBFLEISCH,

4. The combination of pinchers A, cutters F. BRENDENMEHL.

